What can stop Froome at the Tour?

[Jelantik]

what can stop froome?

contador is the only one who can stop him. whether it will happen or not, we'll have to wait in July. I don't have crystal ball to predict future.

based on track record of winning and performance this year, sure, Froome is overwhelmingly unstoppable.

 

[del1962]

Perhaps the greatest danger to Froome is a bad day from Valverede

 

[Panda Claws]

It is over y'all


Excerpt

Dr. Nduta Kaguongo: We knew very well what we were creating at the time, but we can only imagine what risks they [Team Sky red.] must have taken to make such a change happen.

You knew that Chris Froome would become this good?

Dr. Nduta Kaguongo: Yes and no. I mean, we all saw his test results and they were almost uncannily good indeed. Yet, and this is what concerns me, Chris is no-longer a product of our engineering alone. Even without the block we put on him, he should be incapable of such performances.

Would you care to elaborate on that?

Dr. Nduta Kaguongo: They asked for a way to control him, that is all I can say about the matter.

And you believe this 'block' is now broken?

Dr. Nduta Kaguongo: I am not sure. Fact remains is that they have made subject 16V-... That they have made Chris much, much stronger still.
I hope that, for the sake of the sport, no-one pushes him to his limits in July.

 

[Miburo]

Contador can stop him.

I dont think he will but it really isn't that improbable, if he wasnt lying when he said he still has lots of improvement for the tour.

The other thing that can stop him is if teams use secondary riders to attack and the sky train turns out not to be as strong as we fear.

Eg Saxo throwing Kreuziger on a long solo or Katusha the same with spillacl or Movi with Rui.

EBH was with the last 25 guys. Yesterday while contador pulled it, it took +5 minutes before thomas dropped. And Stennard was still there at the last climb.

They're absolutely ridiculous, one positive thing is that they don't have a froome at the end like last year in the tour to pull someone back.

Porte ain't that good but you've froome himself of course. If Contador wasn't lying about that 75% then maybe but i'm starting to doubt if even a contador at giro 2011 form would have been enough, that's bad

 

[icefire]

I see Karpets is option 4

 

[movingtarget]

I see Karpets is option 4

Someone is still paying him ?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn...

 

[airstream]

Im certain about 1 thing. Saxo, movi and Katusha will isolate Froome at decisive moments of mountains stages. Does it approach them to beating him? I don't know. I tend to think Froome is going to attack himself, without expecting initiative from Contador / Rodriguez. What the result will be we can only guess

If fact, he can be beaten if spaniards' teams unite for the Tour with captain Contador and gregarios Alex and Purito. I doubt it can be implemented, though.

 

[Le Baroudeur]

Is there any chance Froome won't win the Tour. If so, what can stop him?

Karpets, the AG2R team car, or Cristopher's less than proven racing brain. Play on his ego and pride, and we have seen him make mistakes. Team Sky don't look to have many friends left in the peloton or courtesies to reclaim.

 

[movingtarget]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn...

Yes I think that would stop him ! What about Nyartholotep ?

 

[IndianCyclist]

Choices 4-9 will stop him

 

[movingtarget]

Im certain about 1 thing. Saxo, movi and Katusha will isolate Froome at decisive moments of mountains stages. Does it approach them to beating him? I don't know. I tend to think Froome is going to attack himself, without expecting initiative from Contador / Rodriguez. What the result will be we can only guess

If fact, he can be beaten if spaniards' teams unite for the Tour with captain Contador and gregarios Alex and Purito. I doubt it can be implemented, though.

Of course you expect as much from the Spanish. First they have to have the form to do it and the cojones to try it. Froome has the advantage in the TTs and by far the best team in the race. I'm not convinced that Rodriguez and Valverde will repeat their Vuelta rides. The Tour is a totally different race so Contador may not get the help that he wants. He will need Kreuziger, Rogers and Roche to be at their best. Majka not sure he is riding but he was very good at the Giro. Pinot, Rolland, Hesjedal, Evans and Van Garderen won't be helping Contador. Not sure if the Colombians will figure as much in the Tour as they did in the Giro. No one is unbeatable but at this stage Froome is an even bigger favourite than Wiggins was last year. Even though Contador denies it is a two man race he is probably the only one that could beat Froome and he is convinced that he has a lot of improvement left in his conditioning. The question is how much more does Froome have if he is really pushed which has not happened in the Dauphine ?

 

[cineteq]

As usual, my answer is not on the poll.

11. Froome doesn't know how to win a 3-week race, let alone the stressful/nerve-wrecking TdF

 

[SeriousSam]

Neither did Brad last year, or any other rider prior to winning his first 3-week race. Does Dawg seem especially mentally fragile to you?

 

[cineteq]

Neither did Brad last year, or any other rider prior to winning his first 3-week race. Does Dawg seem especially mentally fragile to you?

Among other things, yes. Besides he still has a lot to learn. Wiggo's win was based purely on that he was the No 1 TTer last year, and lack of competition.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

It is over y'all


Excerpt

Dr. Nduta Kaguongo: We knew very well what we were creating at the time, but we can only imagine what risks they [Team Sky red.] must have taken to make such a change happen.

You knew that Chris Froome would become this good?

Dr. Nduta Kaguongo: Yes and no. I mean, we all saw his test results and they were almost uncannily good indeed. Yet, and this is what concerns me, Chris is no-longer a product of our engineering alone. Even without the block we put on him, he should be incapable of such performances.

Would you care to elaborate on that?

Dr. Nduta Kaguongo: They asked for a way to control him, that is all I can say about the matter.

And you believe this 'block' is now broken?

Dr. Nduta Kaguongo: I am not sure. Fact remains is that they have made subject 16V-... That they have made Chris much, much stronger still.
I hope that, for the sake of the sport, no-one pushes him to his limits in July.

HAHAHAHA best comment

 

[Microchip]

Положителният тест

(Running away fast now…)

 

[Roderick]

An unexpected doping test can stop him

 

[airstream]

Among other things, yes. Besides he still has a lot to learn. Wiggo's win was based purely on that he was the No 1 TTer last year, and lack of competition.

I assure you given the results you will anyway have to call the competition weak again.

 

[roundabout]

Not number 8.

The aliens won't get in the way of one of their own winning.

 

[Microchip]

An unexpected doping test can stop him

+1.

I see you put your comment in English.

 

[Miburo]

An unexpected doping test can stop him

that was good for a lol

 

[staubsauger]

Seriously, if Froome just relies on his train in the mountains like he did at the Dauphine it might get wrong. I hope he doesn't as this was just a competition training session for the dog.

There could always be bad moments or nuance that works against you. It's not impossible that he could get isolated by Contador, Rodriguez, Valverde, Hesjedal or even Schleck. Sky is superstrong, but without Uran or Henao as super-domestiques not as strong as they were last year. Altough Froome looks to be by far the strongest rider, you can't plan everything in a grand tour. Even Lance wasn't able to do that in his domination years. That's why it's important to make things clear as soon as possible.

Froomedog needs to attack himself. Already at Ax3-Domaines to gain some seconds. Again at Mont Ventoux to gain even more seconds and take the stage win while wearing the maillot jaune. He seems to be the strongest climber this season. So the best thing to avoid getting isolated would be to jump away from his contenders.

That way there would be no need to hesitate for the dog looking forward to the 3rd week. He will gain time again on the contrahents at the mtt. Then he could Voeckler allow to take the victory at Alp d'Huez or decide to challenge for the glory by himself.

In that case it will be an outclassing of Contador. But also Froomedog would be a honorable winner of the 100th Tour de France!

 

[Eshnar]

An unexpected doping test can stop him

wrong subforum. Wanna get banned?

 

[mb2612]

wrong subforum. Wanna get banned?

you've misunderstood.

Roderick wasn't implying that Froome is doping, merely that Froome has a notoriously large bladder, and finds it exceedingly difficult to **** when it's not full. As such, should he have a drug test before a stage, and "because he's not expecting it" having ****ed just before, it could take several hours before he can go again.

Due to the rules that he has to be watched at all times, Froome may have to start the race a couple of hours behind, and, despite his best effort, he would then be unable to catch Contador.